XIPHIIDAE - "Quaking Myth" LP and the feeling of the

and the feeling of the whole album makes for an often entrancing series of songs that have an overall similarity while also showing differences -- the piercing

And it wouldn’t be complete with a bit of Fall fan saltiness so

thoughtful minimalism (‘A Prophet Oberheim Impro’)

or a looser version of Creedence Clearwater Revival

this album is about the latter option

XIPHIIDAE - "Quaking Myth" LP and the feeling of theXiphiidae Quaking Myth LP (Aguirre, 2013) "Long running solo project by Jeffry Astin. Label head honcho of everyone's favorite underground cassette label Housecraft. His highly abstract style, represented on over 40 releases, predominantly cassettes, defies all attempts at elementary categorisation, but indicates broad influences from modern and ethnic drone, tape music, musique concrte, kosmische and lo fi, amongst others." Aguirre